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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joern Lehmhus" data-source="post: 1347933" data-attributes="member: 3229">yes, they do not look so great, but not really oiled...Also the overall aspect of the plumage looks fairly ok, not oiled. I have handled quite some oiled birds, where the plumage was quite affected. a fully oiled bird also couldn´t sit up on the water as in the first pictures in my experience, with the rear held high.I actually wonder if it is possible to dye a bird that much ?</blockquote>